Relative and circle motion

Sep 2nd, 2015

Sigchi4life

Category:

Physics

Price: $5 USD

Question description

You are traveling on an airplane. The velocity of the plane with respect to the air is 160 m/s due east. The velocity of the air with respect to the ground is 41 m/s at an angle of 30° west of due north.

1)

What is the speed of the plane with respect to the ground?

2)

What is the heading of the plane with respect to the ground? (Let 0° represent due north, 90° represents due east).